Mark Wintle
Well-known member
I've just spent three hours floatfishing on the Stour. The river is a translucent milk chocolate colour which sounds worse than it is but with a favourable wind and tide it was easy fishing using a crowquill Avon and punch with groundbait; the result - 60 roach with two over a pound, some very nice dace with one weighed at 10oz, a couple of modest bream (2lbs apiece) plus odd bleak and a confused perch - total bag 18lbs - 74 fish.
But, given the ideal conditions, where were the other anglers? It's not even a long walkand was as simple as it gets yet totally involving.
Is the art of river floatfishing dying year on year?
But, given the ideal conditions, where were the other anglers? It's not even a long walkand was as simple as it gets yet totally involving.
Is the art of river floatfishing dying year on year?